Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings: Does Music Matter?

Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings: Does Music Matter? explores how music brings humanity to sterile healthcare spaces and its significance for people dealing with major illness. It also considers the arts as a vessel to explore humanitarian questions surrounding serious illness, including what it is to be human. The study emphasizes service user narratives and examples of good practice, and discusses the intrinsic and instrumental value of music and the arts in modern society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 122 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings: Does Music Matter?

This captivating book delves into the profound impact of music on healthcare environments, highlighting its ability to infuse warmth and humanity into sterile clinical spaces. It explores the significance of music for individuals grappling with significant illnesses, serving as a powerful tool for comfort, healing, and emotional support. Moreover, it considers the arts as a means to delve into humanitarian questions surrounding serious illness, such as what it means to be human.

The book encompasses a range of overarching themes, including empowerment, security, and safety; active listening; the normalization of the environment; individuality; emotional expression; transcendence and hope; and the expression of the inexpressible. Each chapter is enriched with examples of effective music-based practices in healthcare, drawing from service user narratives to illustrate the transformative power of music. Furthermore, the book addresses the issue of aesthetic deprivation, contributing to ongoing debates about the intrinsic and instrumental value of music and the arts in modern society.

This concise study is a valuable resource for care givers, service users, scholars, and researchers in the fields of Music medicine, Music Therapy, and the Medical Humanities. It offers insights and inspiration for enhancing the well-being of individuals within healthcare settings and sheds light on the profound role of music in shaping our understanding of health and healing.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367765347